Twenty years since the publication of the Second Edition and more than thirty years since the publication of the original book; Racial Formation in the United States now arrives with each chapter radically revised and rewritten by authors Michael Omi and Howard Winant; but the overall purpose and vision of this classic remains the same: Omi and Winant provide an account of how concepts of race are created and transformed; how they become the focus of political conflict; and how they come to shape and permeate both identities and institutions. The steady journey of the U.S. toward a majority nonwhite population; the ongoing evisceration of the political legacy of the early post-World War II civil rights movement; the initiation of the ‘war on terror’ with its attendant Islamophobia; the rise of a mass immigrants rights movement; the formulation of race/class/gender ‘intersectionality’ theories; and the election and reelection of a black President of the United States are some of the many new racial conditions Racial Formation now covers.
#523822 in Books John Brooks 2006-09-01 2006-04-06Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.21 x .76 x 6.14l; 1.25 #File Name: 0415407885336 pagesDreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland The Question of Fire Control
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Dreadnought Gunnery JutlandBy Naval History BuffI found that this book answered all my questions on the subject and quite a few I had not thought of. Finally; someone writing history who does not depend on secondary sources and is not too lazy to track down primary ones. In addition it appears that the author approached the subject with an open mind in that he had one expectation based on what he had read and changed his mind after completing his research.All too often what is touted as ground breaking history is simply a rehash of poorly researched secondary sources and not worth the time taken to read them let alone the money to purchase them. This book is a real break with that depressing and all together too frequent occurance of purchasing and reading a supposed history; only to learn that you have purchased another lemon.Kudos to the author on a job well done and a book well worth its price and the time taken to read it.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy history Buffwho knew this existed but it is really interesting38 of 40 people found the following review helpful. Dreadnought Gunnery PrimerBy R. Douglas JohnsonThis book is the best primer on dreadnought gunnery at the time of the Battle of Jutland. There is no comparable work in English for this complex subject and it's effects on naval warfare.The book is easy to read as it leaves the complex mathematics involved to the appendices but gives the reader a useful understanding of the problems; solutions and terms used before delving into the equipment's developmental history in a similar matter. After this the reader is taken to the Battle of Jutland and is shown the effects of the technology and the decisions that put it in to use. The German solutions to the same problems at the battle are also covered as is the subsequent development of fire control to WWII.The book is written as a statement/descenting work on many long held beliefs of the effects of the British Naval Establishment leading up to Jutland.This is a 'must read' for anyone wishing an introduction to the complexities of battleship fire control and British and to a lesser extend German solutions. The reader will depart with a good understanding of all of this.I can not reccomend this book highly enough!
